Data Scientist

Job ID: 12331

Employment Type: Full-time Permanent

Job Type: Hybrid

Office Location: Montreal (QC); Calgary (AB); Halifax (NS); Ottawa (ON); Vancouver (BC)

Travel Requirements: Limited Travel

Language Designation: English Essential

Language Proficiency (Read/Write/Speak): ZZZ

Security Clearance: Reliability Rating

Salary: Our salary scale ranges from $73,555.31 to $91,944.14, depending on qualifications and experience.

About SCHL

The work you do and the work we do together matter. We work day after day to achieve a common goal: contributing to the smooth functioning of the housing system.

At SCHL, we are accountable for our results and support the achievements of our colleagues. We bet on collaboration, building connections across SCHL and bringing the right people together to get the job done. Our leadership style is based on trust, meaning our managers take an approach tailored to their team's needs.

Join us to be part of a team determined to truly make a difference and contribute to an important mission.

What We Offer

We have the reason to be, the people, and the benefits you need to build a fulfilling career. Here's the generous benefits package as a permanent employee:

• Paid annual vacation;
• An annual individual performance bonus;
• A defined benefit pension plan;
• A comprehensive group insurance plan to support your well-being from day one;
• Support for your personal and professional growth through training, mentoring, and more;
• An inclusive culture and work environment;
• While SCHL job roles require some office presence, other work arrangements may be considered for Indigenous candidates.

About the Role

Join the Analytics team as a Data Scientist. In this role, you will be responsible for integrating new innovative analytical techniques and modeling complex problems to inform decision-making, strengthen risk management, and automate systems. The role holder must be proficient in integrating and preparing large, diverse datasets and communicating these results to various audiences, including senior leadership.

What You Will Do

• Take responsibility for modeling complex analytical problems, information discovery, and opportunity finding using advanced statistical and predictive modeling techniques.
• Explore and implement complex techniques such as natural language processing, text mining, multivariate testing, machine learning, and deep learning techniques.
• Collaborate with the Analytics team to introduce analytical approaches to enhance the team's maturity, lead knowledge transfer activities, and develop and present best practices.
• Conduct advanced data analysis and apply or develop appropriate complex algorithms. Perform these tasks by applying advanced statistical and predictive modeling techniques to create, update, or improve analytical solutions.
• Present, recommend, and communicate analytical solutions to a wide range of audiences, including senior leadership, in an effective and easy-to-understand manner.
• Document progress, finalize modeling books, share results in presentations and reports; apply easy-to-understand visualization techniques and simplify for non-technical stakeholder audiences.

Skills You Should Have

• A bachelor's degree in statistics, mathematics, computer science, economics, engineering, physics, or any other related quantitative field. Preference for a master's degree;
• At least three years of work experience with advanced analytics and data science technologies;
• Proven mastery of Python/R and SQL, and experience using a wide range of analytical techniques (e.g., supervised learning, data clustering, natural language processing, time series analysis, A/B testing, regressions, correlations, statistical significance, link/network analysis, sentiment analysis, and large language models);
• Strong experience in manipulating large datasets and using databases. Proficiency in query languages like SQL and Hive;
• Proven experience using big data technologies such as Spark, Cassandra, or Hadoop;
• Advanced problem-solving and critical thinking skills that stimulate creativity and innovation;
• Strong ability to work on multiple initiatives simultaneously and meet tight deadlines;
• Advanced ability to communicate abstract analytical results to operational teams.

It Would Be Great If You Also Have These Skills

• General understanding of the Canadian housing market, including mortgage insurance, social and affordable housing programs, housing finance, and socio-economic indicators;
• Proven experience using artificial intelligence (e.g., generative AI and large language models) to solve problems;
• Experience with cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure);
• Certification in data science (e.g., applied AI and deep learning, and Microsoft Azure Data Scientist).

Closing Date: This position will be posted until a candidate is selected.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We are committed to employment equity and encourage women, Indigenous people, people with disabilities, veterans, and people of all races and ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions to apply. We also welcome applications from non-Canadians who have the right to work in Canada.

SCHL is an inclusive workplace where diversity of thought—and people—is recognized, valued, and considered essential to achieving our mission.

Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Next Steps After Submitting Your Application

Thank you for applying; we know it's an exciting and intimidating step. Learn more about our hiring process. If you are one of the candidates invited for an interview or called for a test, please let us know if you need an accommodation.

If you have already applied but your application was not successful, don't worry. We always post new jobs, so feel free to try again. We're looking forward to seeing what your contribution will be this time!